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NMSP officer cleared in fatal shooting

New Mexico State Police Officer Joey Gallegos has been cleared in a fatal, officer-involved shooting.

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Updated: 7:17 PM MDT Mar 12, 2014

NMSP officer cleared in fatal shooting

New Mexico State Police Officer Joey Gallegos has been cleared in a fatal, officer-involved shooting.

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WEBVTT A STATE POLICE OFFICER HAS BEEN CLEARED IN THE SHOOTING AND KILLING OF A SUSPECT IN ESPANOLA, DURING A WARRANT ROUND-UP OPERATION. KOAT ACTION 7 NEWS REPORTER ANNA VELASQUEZ IS HERE, WITH MORE ON THE GRAND JURY'S FINDINGS. LAST OCTOBER, NEW MEXICO STATE POLICE AGENTS WENT TO THE APARTMENT WHERE ROGELIO CISNEROS- CHAVEZ LIVED. THEY HAD A WARRANT FOR HIS ARREST IN CONNECTION WITH ALLEGEDLY STEALING SIX- THOUSAND DOLLARS FROM HIS FATHER. THE D-A SAYS WHEN AGENT JOEY GALLEGOS CAME FACE TO FACE WITH HIM, CISNEROS-CHAVEZ OPENED FIRE. SANTA FE DISTRICT ATTORNEY ANGELA "SPENCE" PACHECO SHOWS WHERE SIX NEW MEXICO STATE POLICE AGENTS ENTERED A THREE BEDROOM APARTMENT - THE DAY SHE SAYS AGENT JOEY GALLEGOS GOT SHOT BY SUSPECT ROGELIO CISNERSOS-CHAVEZ. GALLEGOS WAS FIRST OF THREE LINED UP ALONG THE HALLWAY TO THE BATHROOM WHERE CISNEROS-CHAVEZ WAS. HIS BELT TAPE CAPTURES WHAT HAPPENED NEXT. 7/4:11 get over here. gunshot oh my god gunshots watch out Joey! I got shot. screaming :23 PACHECO DEMONSTRATED WHAT GALLEGOS TESTIFIED TO THE GRAND JURY. GALLEGOS, HOLDING HIS SEMI-AUTOMATIC RIFLE, SAW CISNEROS-CHAVEZ BY THE BATHROOM SINK. THE SUSPECT HAD HIS BACK TO HIM AT FIRST. 2:24 when he saw rojelio over there, rojelio was like this and there's agent Gallegos and he turns and he shoots him :32 PACHECO SAYS GALLEGOS HAD NO WARNING HE WAS ABOUT TO BE SHOT. HE WAS HIT ONCE BELOW HIS BULLET PROOF VEST. WHEN HE RETURNED FIRE, HIS GUN WAS ON SAFETY. 3:23 so then he has to flick it, to put it on semiauto but as he's doing that he's watching the decedent and the decedent the whole time has the gun and he's pulling the trigger his gun jammed :35 PACHECO SAYS GALLEGOS IS HEARD ON HIS AUDIO TAPE SHOOTING 16 TIMES. CISNEROS-CHAVEZ WAS KILLED. THE SUSPECT'S GRANDMOTHER, AND HIS 19-YEAR OLD PREGNANT GIRLFRIEND - WHO WAS DUE THE FOLLOWING WEEK - WERE IN THE APARTMENT. THE D-A ALSO SAYS A TODDLER WAS INSIDE TOO. SHE SAYS THE OFFICERS HAD THEM STAY BY THE FRONT DOOR WHEN THEY WENT INSIDE. THE D-A SAYS THERE ISN'T VIDEO OF THE SHOOTING, ONLY AGENT GALLEGOS' BELT TAPE. SHE ALSO SAYS THE FAMILY OF CISNEROS- CHAVEZ HAS FILED A

NMSP officer cleared in fatal shooting

New Mexico State Police Officer Joey Gallegos has been cleared in a fatal, officer-involved shooting.